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Cool and Crazy
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Musical
Written by:
Directed by: Knut Erik Jensen
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 19, 2001
DVD: April 23, 2002
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: Norway / Sweden
Language(s): Norwegian (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
A documentary about the lives and loves of the male voice choir in the small fishing village of Berlevag, Norway.
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
It's so thoroughly engaging, so beautifully made, strikingly shot and chock-full of humor and humanity, I can't imagine any intelligent audience not falling in love with it - if only they take the leap of faith to see it.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dave Kehr
Consistently offbeat and entertaining; at such moments, it is also quite moving.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Jensen's use of the conventions of documentary making -- and his undermining of them in ways both bold and subtle -- seems too canny and consistent for the form. Yet the harder I try to decide whether this is a documentary or a parody, the more I wonder why it matters.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Ranging in age from 30 to 96, the Berlevag men clearly enjoy being on camera and are unusually candid about their various pasts as Casanovas and hashish addicts.
Boston Globe Leighton Klein
Jensen's charming film, is perhaps one of the first in which the actors are credited not by the size of their salaries and egos, but by their vocal ranges.
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Every time things start to get dull, you're brought up short by another moment of surprising beauty.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Berlevag's 1300 inhabitants are by nature hardy and uncomplaining, but Knut Erik Jensen's unhurried documentary reveals that there's more to them than mere stoicism.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ed Park
If music be the food of love, Cool & Crazy could stand a few more hits from the spice rack.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
alma m gave it a10:
This film was so true to life, and hauntingly beautiful. I am only sorry I saw it on a TV screen rather than the cinema.
Yoon C. gave it a 7:
Reasonably interesting documentary about uninteresting subject matter.
Karen C. gave it a 10:
I really enjoyed seeing this movie. I would like a copy to send my aunts in Minnesota.
Bob H. gave it a 10:
If an expedition to Mars is ever marooned there, I hope this movie is included in their emergency supplies.
B. Simpson gave it a 10:
One of the most beautiful and humanistic documentaries I have ever seen. There was a hushed lull over the entire audience as the film ended and we made our way out into the street, a huge sign that once we stepped outside we'd be looking at passers-by in a far more intimate way than we did when we walked into the cinema. BRAVO! Till lyke!
Gunn Angelskår gave it a 10:
This film is outstanding, the men are real, its no fake like "reality-tv", culture is living in the districts. Thes choirmembers are just like the other people living in this community, and other like it along the coast.
